The discussion of the term “Western” in Western esotericism – and by extension the Western understanding of occultism - often focuses on the various problems connected to the construct of the “West”, and the tendency among a number of scholars to exclude traditions that are viewed as being non-Western, such as Jewish and Islamic forms of esotericism, but also various Eastern traditions. Yet, it is evident that non-Western traditions have exerted a profound influence on Western esotericism and occultism. A case in point is, of course, the theosophy of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831–91) and Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907), which to a large extent can be described as a Western interpretation of Hindu and Buddhist traditions, set within the context of nineteenth-century occultism. In this chapter I would like to discuss the other side of the encounter of occultism with Eastern spiritual practices, that is the migration of occultism into a Hindu context.